Bliss: Since everyone is clamoring for a column, we should do this.
Orsi: No one is clamoring.
Bliss: Sure they are. Listen, there’s the clamor.
Orsi: Mike, we are extremely wrong all the time anyways.
Bliss: Hey! We both had the Giants in the WS last year!
Orsi: We also had the Marlins and Phillies succeeding, David Wright getting traded, and you even had Adrian Gonzalez as MVP.
Bliss: Okay, that happened....let’s just get past it. Time for Board Bets round 4! I lost a heartbreaking tilt versus the young Cuz from last year 10-7. We tied on many predictions, including where we had the Tigers. We both completely missed the A’s and Orioles. We did have the Giants in the WS, with Matt nailing them winning. I may or may not have supported Brett Lawrie for a 25-25 season (lost that) and I didn’t support Ryan Braun to go 30-30 (which he only got by one SB). I’ll get the next one Matt.
Orsi: You literally put words into my mouth.
Divisions
AL East: Rays for both
AL Central: Tigers for both
AL West: Angels for both
NL East: Nats for both
Orsi - I have an unhealthy amount of manlove for this team, so much so that I just typed manlove.
Bliss - And even made it one word.
NL Central: Reds for both
NL West: (finally, we disagree!)
Bliss - Giants
Orsi - Dodgers (you don’t spend that much money to lose)
AL Wild Cards:
Bliss - White Sox, Blue Jays
Orsi - Blue Jays, Rangers
NL Wild Cards:
Bliss - Pirates, Dodgers
Orsi - Cardinals, Giants
ALCS:
Bliss - Rays over Tigers
Orsi - Tigers over Angels
NLCS:
Bliss - Reds over Nats
Orsi - Nats over Reds
World Series:
Bliss - Rays over Reds
Orsi - Nats over Tigers
Leaders:
Home Runs:
Bliss - Jay Bruce
Orsi - Jose Bautista
Steals:
Bliss - Jose Reyes
Orsi - Emilio Bonifacio
RBIs:
Bliss - Jose Bautista
Orsi - Miguel Cabrera
Average:
Bliss - Buster Posey
Orsi - Joey Votto
OPS:
Bliss - Joey Votto
Orsi - Miguel Cabrera
Wins:
Bliss - Mark Buehrle
Orsi - Jered Weaver
Strikeouts:
Bliss - Kershaw
Orsi - Yu Darvish
Winners:
AL Cy Young:
Bliss - Chris Sale (nasty, dirty, amazing stuff)
Orsi - Justin Verlander (ummm he’s still filthy good)
NL Cy Young:
Bliss - Madison Bumgarner
Orsi - Clayton Kershaw
AL MVP:
Bliss - Evan Longoria (so close to taking Jose Bautista, but the wrist scares me)
Orsi - Miguel Cabrera (just give the man his due)
NL MVP:
Bliss - Joey Votto (I love everything about him. He was awesome, then he lost power so he learned to hit better. Now he has the power back too).
Orsi - Justin Upton (so much for no predictability, Mike ^)
Bliss - You picked Verlander for Cy Young. And Kershaw actually. Want an outside the box pick? Paul Goldschmidt.
AL ROY:
Bliss - Wil Myers (Hicks will play all year but Myers will be on a good team with protection)
Orsi - Jurickson Profar
NL ROY:
Bliss - Oscar Tavares (if he gets up in time to accrue counting stats. Splits will be awesome)
Orsi - Travis D’Arnaud (he is going to get an opportunity, at least)
AL Manager of the Year:
Bliss - Terry Francona, CLE (No other obvious candidates, and they will improve)
Orsi - Joe Girardi, NYY (if this team does anything without the stars)
NL Manager of the Year:
Bliss - Clint Hurdle, PIT
Orsi - Davey Johnson, WAS
Random Bets:
Worst Team in AL East:
Bliss - Red Sox (Yanks in 4th)
Orsi - Can I plead the 5th?
Bliss - Nice. I see what you did there.
Worst Team in the AL:
Bliss - Twins
Orsi - Astros (different league, same terrible team)
Worst Team in the NL:
Bliss - Cubs (bottoming out)
Orsi - Marlins (I own your team hat, Mr. Loria. You let me down)
How many no hitters this year?:
Bliss - 4
Orsi - 3
Mike Trout MVP position under over 2.5:
Bliss - over
Orsi - under
Total Upton HRs under over 55:
Bliss - under
Orsi - over
Best Giants pitcher (player rater):
Bliss - Bumgarner
Orsi - Cain
Greinke starts under over 27:
Bliss - Under
Orsi - Over
Total Granderson/Texeira/ARod/Jeter HRs:
Bliss - 65
Orsi - 55
Red Sox pitchers with 14 wins:
Bliss - 0
Orsi - 1
John Lackey ERA:
Bliss - 4.68
Orsi - 4.75
Best offense (runs scored):
Bliss - Reds
Orsi - Angels
Best defense (runs prevented):
Bliss - Tribe
Orsi - Rays
Best staff ERA:
Bliss - Giants
Orsi - Braves
Scott Kazmir starts:
Bliss - 13 (seems unlucky to ever pick a number)
Orsi - Too many (no seriously, this is my answer)
Most Angel’s HRs:
Bliss - Trumbo
Orsi - Hamilton
Best rookie starting pitcher (player rater):
Bliss - Julio Teheran
Orsi - Dylan Bundy
Earliest Callup:
Bliss - Travis D’Arnaud
Orsi - Jedd Gyorko
WAR Leader, pitcher:
Bliss - David Price
Orsi - Justin Verlander
WAR Leader, hitter:
Bliss - Joey Votto
Orsi - Robinson Cano
Bliss: Seems like a good place to end. WAR is the most important stat after all. Good luck Cuz. We’ll tally it up next year.
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